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8 October 2026 at 18:30•2 min read
Watch the trailer for ‘The Altruists,’ Netflix’s show about the FTX scandal
Watch the trailer for ‘The Altruists,’ Netflix’s show.
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▪Strategic intelligence desk confirms key developments surrounding A fictionalized Sam Bankman-Fried is coming to your TV scree.
▪International stakeholders analyze: Last day to exhibit your breakthrough to 10,000+ tech leaders at Disrupt is on O
▪Multilateral policy, financial liquidity, and regulatory frameworks face direct realignments.
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A fictionalized Sam Bankman-Fried is coming to your TV screen on November 19. Last day to exhibit your breakthrough to 10,000+ tech leaders at Disrupt is on Oct 2. Book Exhibit Table Now. Disrupt doors open Oct. 13. Get your pass and bring someone with you at 50% off. REGISTER NOW. It’s a great time to be alive if you follow tech news and love messy drama.
We’re not just getting a Nathan Fielder documentary about Elizabeth Holmes this fall. Netflix’s “The Altruists,” which follows Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison through the scandal that crushed FTX and landed them in prison, is coming out on November 19. It’s just in time for Thanksgiving, assuming that another infamous Sam doesn’t ruin our holiday plans again.
Here’s the trailer, starring Anthony Boyle as Sam Bankman-Fried and Julia Garner as Caroline Ellison. We can’t say we ever expected that the ethical disconnects behind effective altruism were going to pique the interest of Hollywood, but hopefully, Netflix will do the strangeness of this story justice.
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